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Bernard Rhodes (born 1944) is a band manager, designer, studio owner, record producer and songwriter who was integral to the development of the
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scene in the United Kingdom from the middle 1970s. He is most associated with two of the UK's best known and influential punk bands, the
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and
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. According to
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, Rhodes was responsible for discovering him in the
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and arranging the audition which led to his joining the Sex Pistols. Rhodes introduced
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to Mick Jones and
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, who with Keith Levene then formed
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. Rhodes was an important force behind The Clash not only managing their business but also guiding their marketing and creative direction. Disagreement with the group about direction led to his sacking by the Clash in 1979. Rhodes meantime continued with other successful signings to his label Oddball Productions and major record companies. In 1981 singer Joe Strummer demanded his return to the Clash or he would quit the group. Rhodes nurtured and managed other bands including Subway Sect,
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,
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, Jo Boxers, The Lous, The Black Arabs, Twenty Flight Rockers, and Watts from Detroit. During this period Rhodes built and operated from his Camden studio Rehearsal Rehearsals, in what became Camden Market. The area around the studio became a well known hangout for punks and contributed to the growth of Camden as a
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area. He is also known in Brazil for his friendship with Supla and baptising the band "Brothers of Brazil".


Early life

Rhodes born in 1944 in
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, London. He says he never knew his father. He was placed in a Jewish orphanage in
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where he remained until he was 15. His mother worked long hours for Huntsman's tailors in
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making suits for people like
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and later Hawes & Curtis where Rhodes' friend John Pearse who co-owned
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was her apprentice. In the early 1960s Rhodes and Pearse shared a flat at 68 Hamilton Terrace, St Johns Wood, London.
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, musician Mickey Finn,
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and Guy Stevens (who Rhodes later brought in to produce The Clash) were regular visitors.


Early career

Towards the late 1960s Rhodes won a
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award for a children's educational toy he designed using newly developed plastic techniques. In the early 1970s Rhodes had a
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in the Antiquarius Market, Chelsea selling his hand printed silk screen designs on shirts and T-shirts, plus a selection of rare vintage
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records. During this period he became re-acquainted with an old friend,
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and his girlfriend
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who were operating out of Let It Rock boutique at 430
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. Finding they shared a similar philosophy, Rhodes and McLaren went into business collaborating on the T-shirts which were sold in the shop. Westwood wanted to expand the sleeveless T-shirt clothing line and Rhodes was an ideal colleague with his silk screen printing skill and whose 'complex meandering discourse threw up many new ideas'. The T-shirt 'You're Gonna Wake Up One Morning and Know What Side of The Bed You've Been Lying On' was created and printed by Rhodes and uses his handwriting. McLaren explained that Rhodes' idea was 'to create a dialogue'. Rhodes has described the difference between himself and McLaren: 'Malcolm cLarenlikes to titillate but I get down to substance'.


Sex Pistols

By 1975,
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had become a hangout for a bunch of teenagers from whom the
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would emerge. Rhodes took the group under his wing while McLaren was in New York looking after the
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. Original Sex Pistols member
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describes Rhodes' contribution as making them understand the importance of being clear cut. "He (Rhodes) had a real ability for making people decide exactly what they were trying to do."
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states that he was wearing a 'I Hate Pink Floyd' T-shirt when he was spotted by Rhodes on the
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. Rhodes insisted he meet McLaren, Steve Jones and
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in the local Roebuck pub that evening. After this get-together, Rhodes had Lydon come back to the shop to audition for the role of singer. As a result, Lydon became lead singer of the group. Lydon says that Rhodes 'was important to me in so many ways.... He would indicate to me where the problems with the Pistols would be in the future. He would sow a seed and then wait to see if I would pick up on it.'


The Clash

After his offer to co-manage Sex Pistols was rejected by McLaren, Rhodes was instrumental in
The Clash The Clash were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements ...
's formation in 1976. Mick Jones was wearing one of Rhodes' ''Wake Up'' T-shirts when he approached Rhodes after a Sex Pistols gig thinking he was a keyboard player. They started talking about groups and the relationship was the starting point for what would eventually become The Clash. Strummer credits Rhodes as his mentor, stating "He constructed The Clash and focused our energies and we repaid him by being really good at what we did". Rhodes told them to write about social issues occurring at the time, i.e., the housing problems, lack of education, dead-end futures. Strummer said that Rhodes was the only one who understood how one should go about getting known.
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stated that Rhodes "set up the whole punk scene basically. He saw how non-musicians like myself and John (Lydon) could contribute". Rhodes called his friend Guy Stevens in, to produce the Polydor recordings in 1977. The group later used Stevens to produce ''
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''. He also sought out
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to produce the single "Complete Control". On 25 January 1977, Rhodes signed The Clash to CBS Records with CBS Records UK chairman Maurice Oberstein who promised to allow the group to do what they wanted on record and CBS would promote it. After a couple of albums, including their first, which Rhodes helped produce with Mickey Foote, he felt the group were drifting away from their street ideals and they parted company in late 1978.


1979–1981

From his Rehearsal Rehearsals studio, Rhodes nurtured and managed groups Subway Sect,
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,
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,
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, The Black Arabs and other musical projects. The intro to The Specials' version of "Gangsters" released in 1979 begins with the line: "Bernie Rhodes knows: don't argue!". Dexys Midnight Runners' single "Dance Stance" was released in 1979 on the Oddball Productions label owned by Rhodes. He later signed the group to EMI Records. The first album by Subway Sect, ''What's the Matter Boy'', was produced by Rhodes and released by Oddball in 1980. Rhodes also introduced the idea of using a Burundi drum beat to Malcolm McLaren who gave it to
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. This led to the sound of ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' (1980) by
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.


Club Left

During the late seventies he opened Club Left in Wardour Street
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. Club Left performances included Dig Wayne, Anne Pigalle, Tom Cat, Lady Blue, Johnny Britton, Sade,
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and Slim Gaillard. The regular house band was Vic Godard and the Subway Sect. Sean McLusky said that Rhodes gave him a break at Club Left in 1981 and then got a deal and success for his band
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, who enjoyed mainstream success on both sides of the Atlantic with their single "
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". McLusky says, "Bernard never got the credit for things that were his. He has been the undefined force".


Return to the Clash

Strummer said if Rhodes did not come back and manage the Clash he would quit. Once back, Rhodes decided to remix "Magnificent 7". A 12" single dance remix "Magnificent Dance" was released on 12 April 1981. Production was credited to 'Pepe Unidos', a pseudonym for Strummer, Rhodes and Paul Simonon.Martin, Gavin.
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Pepe Unidos also produced "The Cool Out", a re-mix of "The Call Up".


Bond's, NYC

Mick Jones said 'Bernie came back on the scene because people thought that we'd gotten out of control and the first thing he wanted to do was book us for seven nights in New York'. The residency at
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in the first two weeks of June 1981 was organised by Rhodes on his return as manager of The Clash. Support acts included
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, Texan bad boy
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, Lee Perry and Funkapolitan. Rhodes states that it was because of these Bonds NYC shows that the public became more interested in
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. 'I endeavoured to get these guys on like Grandmaster Flash, not that most of the audience liked them but that led to a helluvalot'. The record company were not behind the triple album ''
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'' recorded in Rhodes's absence but
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states that with the Bonds NYC residency, The Clash 'clawed their way back into the Premiership'.


Jones’ sacking

Paul Simonon states that Rhodes was not aware he and Joe were going to sack Mick Jones nor was he in favour of that action. (The sacking took place in 1983). However, Simonon says Jones did not know this until the
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induction after Joe Strummer's death.


This is England

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Popoff (2018), p. 226 Critic Samuels Lennox described it as a "tuneful, beautifully crafted overview of social decay in England, where political philosophies joust for hegemony while the country sinks into ignominious decline and millions of youths turn to the dole."Samuels, Lennox. "The Clash's New Album Proves Musically Apt, Politically Irrelevant". ''
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In 2017, the journalist Bill Wyman praised Rhodes' production, writing that his "sound collage and the gentle, troubled synth lines undergird the song unerringly, and for once the group-shouted chorus, though still over-loud, conveys some wan meaning."Wyman, Bill.
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The song has inspired many other artists, including
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who used the title for his movie and TV show centering on young
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s and Oi! punks in England in the 1980s, in reference to the ''Cut the Crap'' song.


Watts

In 1990, Rhodes relocated from Los Angeles to
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where Doug Watts, lead singer of the band Naked Truth, asked him for help. Rhodes brought in a new bass player and rehearsed the band over several months. He independently produced the album 'Green with Rage', and secured a deal for the band with Sony Records.


Recent

In 2014 Rhodes designed a range of biker T-shirts for
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invited him to give a talk entitled ''Me, Punk and the World'' as part of its ''Punk 1976-78'' exhibit. Rhodes launched the website cancerclash.com in June 2022 to ‘dynamically demystify the world of cancer’ and provide a cultural space to deal with the impact of the disease. Rhodes was diagnosed with cancer in 2016.


References


Sources

;Books * * * * * * Jucha, Gary. ''The Clash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Clash City Rockers''. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 2016. * * * * Popoff, Martin. ''The Clash: All the Albums, All the Songs''. London: Voyageur Press, 2018. * * * * * * ;Films and documentaries *


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